Mobilisation and Breathing Exercises After Abdominal Surgery at Sahlgrenska University Hospital
ConditionAbdominal Surgery
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorGöteborg University
About this trial
The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of a new care strategy, including earlier and more intensive mobilization and individually adapted breathing exercises, regarding length of stay, recovery, complications and which factors predict interventions early in the postoperative course after various abdominal surgical procedures.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
undergoing elective or emergency open, or robot-assisted abdominal surgery
has an expected anesthesia time of over 4 hours
is extubated on the operating table
planned overnight stay in the postoperative ward.
Disqualifiers
plastic, trauma, transplant or orthopedic surgery.
Trial population
Patients at Sahlgrenska university hospital.
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
100 Participants
are grouped into 2 trial groupsGroup A: Standard practice
Group B: Optimised practice
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Time in postoperative care
Actual time from arrival to, to discharche from postoperative care.
Time frame
At discharge from postoperative care up to two days after surgery.Secondary outcomes
1
Time to first mobilisation
Time from arrival to postoperative care to first mobilisation
Time frame
Up to the second postoperative day2
Time to start of breathing exercises
Time from arrival to postoperative care until start of specific breathing exercises.
Time frame
Up to the second postoperative dayOther outcomes
1
Number of mobilisations
Number of mobilisations
Time frame
Up to the second postoperative day2
Number of sessions of breathing exercises
Number of sessions of breathing exercises
Time frame
Up to the second postoperative day3
Time at hospital
Time from the day of surgery to discharge from hospital.
Time frame
At discharge from the hospital up to four weeks after surgery4
Type of mobilisation
Registration of type of mobilisation
Time frame
Up to the second postoperative daySponsors and contacts
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Göteborg University
Lead sponsor
Vastra Gotaland Region
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov